Arwen's meanderings

Hi everyone and welcome to my dinghy cruising blog about my John Welsford designed 'navigator' named Arwen. Built over three years, Arwen was launched in August 2007. She is a standing lug yawl 14' 6" in length. This blog records our dinghy cruising voyages together around the coastal waters of SW England.
Arwen has an associated YouTube channel so visit www.YouTube.com/c/plymouthwelshboy to find our most recent cruises and click subscribe.
On this blog you will find posts about dinghy cruising locations, accounts of our voyages, maintenance tips and 'How to's' ranging from rigging standing lug sails and building galley boxes to using 'anchor buddies' and creating 'pilotage notes'. I hope you find something that inspires you to get out on the water in your boat. Drop us a comment and happy sailing.
Steve and Arwen

Tuesday 29 March 2016

Dinghy cruising: Floaty camera platform problems

so how do I prevent it from tipping over? Can it be given some form of ballast below? Maybe a bucket attached to a lanyard...bit heavy? Or I have some scrap lead flashing, but no idea how to safely attach it! Another alternative...a small anchor and rode? That would keep it in the one position and stop it drifting with wind and current........wish I was an engineer or had my Dad's engineering expertise.........still plenty to muse on......

1 comment:

Steve-the-Wargamer said...

Brick or some other weight slung underneath the platform - supported centrally, perhaps a metre or so below for lateral stability?